Gazella marica | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Taxa
Gazella marica | Thomas, 1897
Asessment status in full
Least concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is found throughout much of the UAE and some near-shore islands. Although the population is much reduced from former times, conservation efforts, captive breeding and releases have resulted in the population stabilising and now increasing. As a conservative estimate, there are over 1,500 mature individuals and the population is stable or increasing, so the species does not qualify for a threatened category or Near Threatened and is assessed as Least Concern. No regional adjustment is made to the Least Concern assessment.
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.moccae.gov.ae/assets/download/b352eff1/UNRL%20of%20Mammals%20-%20Report%202019.pdf.aspx?view=true
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
The main threats are illegal hunting (recently brought under more strict control) and in parts of the range, habitat degradation due to overgrazing.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Over the last 15-25 years, captive breeding, releases and reinforcement and the establishment of a network of protected areas has resulted in a large and stable population. Although Hornby (1996) listed Gazella subguttarosa marica as Critically Endangered, the backcasted 1996 assessment for this species is Endangered under criterion C2a(i).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Gazella marica | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Bovidae | Gazella |